Tioga, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Southwest Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76271. The Survey maps it on the Pilot Point quadrangle. 1,142 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 673 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTioga grew from 803 to 1,142 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 803 | |
| 2020 | 1,142 | +339 (+42%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Pilot Point quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
66 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Tioga between 2005 and 2018, burning about 270 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TIOGA ASSIST |
| 13 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOGTOWN RD |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAILROAD TRACKS |
| 27 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EQUIPMENT FIRE |
| 27 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1600 HARPOLE RD |
| 25 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE 1323 EMBERSON RANCH RD |
| 24 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RIGHT A WAY FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
32 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tioga in 32 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 15 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Tioga | $750,000 | Numerous roads throughout the county were closed due to high water, especially in the southwestern portions of the county. Water rescues were conducted in the cities of Sherman and Gunter. One house was flooded in the city of Denison. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | $40,000 | Power lines and branches were blown down. Carports were damaged and a roof was partially torn off of an apartment building. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Tioga | $20,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported along FM 922 just west of U.S. Highway 377. Wind speeds were estimated to be near 55 to 60 mph. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | $10,000 | The Grayson County emergency manager reported a wind gust estimated at 60 mph just south of Tioga. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Tioga | $8,000 | A couple had to be rescued after driving into high water at the Spirit of the West Resort. Water from the lake at the resort was overflowing its banks due to heavy rainfall of 6-8 inches and flooding the surrounding roadways. The water was reported to be up to the headlights of the car. No one was injured, and the water began receding shortly after the rescue and was cleared by the next morning. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | $5,000 | Damage to sheet metal roofs and carports was reported in Tioga. Time estimated via radar. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Tioga | $5,000 | Golfball size hail fell in Tioga. |
| October 2009 | Hail | Tioga | $5,000 | Golfball size hail was reported in Tioga. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | $5,000 | Wind damage was reported in town. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | $2,000 | Thunderstorms winds of 55 to 60 mph winds were estimated northwest of Tioga. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | $1,000 | A 62 MPH wind gust was measured 2 miles east of Tioga. |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | $1,000 | A storage shed was blown off its foundation. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | $500 | Large trees was uprooted in very saturated grounds at Emberson Chapel Rd and Hwy 377 in the Tioga area. Large tree branches were also broken off in this same area. A property fence was damaged. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Tioga | - | Emergency management reported flooding over the roadway on Emberson Chapel Rd southeast of Tioga. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Tioga | - | Emergency management reported penny-sized hail in Tioga, TX. |
| March 2023 | Flash Flood | Tioga | - | Emergency management reported that U.S. Highway 377 near the Grayson/Denton County line was impassable due to high water over the roadway. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Tioga | - | Emergency management reported penny size hail along FM 121 approximately 3 miles east of the city of Tioga, TX. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Tioga | - | Emergency management reported penny-sized hail in the city of Tioga, TX. |
| July 2014 | Flood | Tioga | - | Residual flooding of creeks, streams, and roads continued across the southern portions of Cooke County after 3-5 of rain fell in the area. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Tioga | - | Penny size hail was reported in Tioga. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | - | Power lines were down in Tioga. |
| April 2007 | Flash Flood | Tioga | - | Barricades were needed over Highway 56, FM 121, and other streets in Tioga and Van Alstyne due to high water. |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | Tioga | - | Five inches of rain resulted in a bridge being washed out. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Tioga | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collinsville | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Ethel | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Gunter | 9.1 miles | 7 | |
| Macomb | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Elm View | 9.9 miles | 7 | |
| Sperry | 12.0 miles | 11 | |
| Dorchester | 12.9 miles | 11 | |
| Whitesboro | 13.1 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Tioga | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981417 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1369968. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.



